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Examiner: Senfi, Behrooz


Primary examiner statistics: 173 patents; average approval time: 177 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 174 patents; average approval time: 184 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8189670 Device, method and program for generating interpolation frame
8179975 Method of decoding a macroblock based on a macroblock level of th...
8179967 Method and device for detecting movement of an entity provided wi...
8175167 Method, apparatus and system for use in multimedia signal encodin...
8170112 Video compression and encoding method
8170113 Encoder, data file, encoding method, computer readable medium and...
8165220 Method and apparatus for implementing reduced memory mode for hig...
8160136 Probabilistic bit-rate and rate-distortion cost estimation for vi...
8160138 Filtering method for removing block artifacts and/or ringing nois...
8149909 Video encoding control using non-exclusive content categories
8149275 Monitoring buoy system
8149921 Method of decoding a macroblock based on a macroblock level of th...
8139650 Fast noise reduction in digital images and video
8139635 Method for efficient encoding and decoding quantized sequence in ...
8130830 Enhancement layer switching for scalable video coding
8130825 Processor for video data encoding/decoding
8126046 Flexible macroblock ordering and arbitrary slice ordering apparat...
8126056 Moving picture coding method, and moving picture decoding method
8126050 Methods and apparatus for decoding and displaying different resol...
8126057 Moving picture coding method, and moving picture decoding method
8125517 Fingerprint authentication apparatus and fingerprint authenticati...
8125576 Display device comprising a housing and a picture display unit
8106942 Image acquiring apparatus, image acquiring method, and image acqu...
8107529 Coding device, coding method, program of coding method, and recor...
8102414 Obtaining consumer electronic device state information
8094725 Video coder, coding controller, and video coding method
8090019 Intra prediction circuit device applied to the H.264 video coding...
8089513 Information processing apparatus, information processing method, ...
8081682 Video encoding mode decisions according to content categories
8073058 Memory device and device and method for detecting motion vector
8054885 Method and apparatus for decoding/encoding a video signal
8044995 Image processor and method for adjusting image quality
8031774 Video encoding methods and systems with frame-layer rate control
8026942 Skin imaging system with probe
8027385 Efficient video coding
8022986 Method and apparatus for measuring weapon pointing angles
8019003 Systems and methods for tracking screen updates
8018996 Arithmetic decoding apparatus and method
7999846 Image processing apparatus, image processing system, and recordin...
7982768 Driver-assisting apparatus

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7542510 Moving picture predicting method, moving image encoding method an...
7433526 Method for compressing images and image sequences through adaptiv...
7420589 Method and apparatus for processing pictures of mobile object
7420584 System for obtaining state information from consumer electronic d...
7412001 Video coding method and corresponding transmittable video signal
7408985 Moving picture coding apparatus and method
7400683 Device with virtual tilized image memory
7397496 Apparatus system for recovering evidence of extrinsic wrongful ac...
7394856 Adaptive video prefilter
7391809 Scalable video transcoding
7388915 Video data coding/decoding apparatus and method
7388913 Down scaling of images
7386050 Fast half-pel searching method on the basis of SAD values accordi...
7385626 Method and system for performing surveillance
7382895 Tailgating and reverse entry detection, alarm, recording and prev...
7379497 Encoded data outputting apparatus and method
7379496 Multi-resolution video coding and decoding
7363123 Apparatus for detecting passenger occupancy of vehicle
7355626 Location of events in a three dimensional space under surveillanc...
7352810 Coding process and device for the displaying of a zoomed MPEG2 co...
7349477 Audio-assisted video segmentation and summarization
7349474 Method and apparatus for variable bit-rate control in video encod...
7349005 Automated video production system and method using expert video p...
7345699 Method and device for producing road and street data for a digita...
7346106 Robust multi-pass variable bit rate encoding
7339609 System and method for enhancing real-time data feeds
7336709 Method and apparatus for multi-rate encoding of video sequences
7333543 Motion vector estimation method and apparatus thereof
7330205 Method and apparatus for photographing fluorescent and reflected-...
7321624 Bit-rate allocation system for object-based video encoding
7321623 Video compression system
7317472 Display apparatus
7312813 Wireless application protocol television
7310373 Moving picture coding method, and moving picture decoding method
7305034 Rounding control for multi-stage interpolation
7305036 System and method for entropy code preprocessing
7302006 Compression of images and image sequences through adaptive partit...
7298782 Method and apparatus for improved memory management of video imag...
7298394 Method and apparatus for processing pictures of mobile object
7295611 Methods and apparatus for decoding and displaying different resol...
 
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